The
Hunter
And the
Factory
 
An exhibition curated by Magalí Arriola & Juan Gaitán
 
April 12th – July 27th, 2013
 
FUNDACIÓN/COLECCIÓN JUMEX PRESENTS “THE HUNTER AND THE FACTORY,” A GROUP SHOW CURATED BY MAGALÍ ARRIOLA AND JUAN GAITÁN.
 
The Hunter and the Factory is an exhibition comprising a selection of art works from the Jumex Collection that combined with other artistic proposals generates an allegorical environment pertaining to the relations that arise between urban spaces and nature, as well as the problems that these generate. In addition to broadly engaging with subjects such as the dystopian character of the contemporary city, the consequences of industrialization, or the lack of cultural and public spaces, this group of art works also leads us to explore and question the role that an institution, such as Fundación/Colección Jumex, can potentially play in its immediate surrounding, in this case, Ecatepec.
 
The exhibition includes work by Doug Aitken, Miguel Calderón, Mauricio Cattelan, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Sam Durant, Olafur Elliason, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Rodney Graham, Jonathan Hernández & Alberto Baraya, Roman Ondak, Damián Ortega, Fernando Ortega, Ugo Rondinone, Anri Sala, Wolfgang Tillmans and Danh Vo.
 
In conjunction with the exhibition, Fundación/Colección Jumex has organized related events that include the publication and presentation of a catalogue with texts from Valeria Luiselli and Ignacio Perales.
 
Magalí Arriola is Chief Curator of Fundación/Colección Jumex. Previously, she was Chief Curator at the Museo Tamayo (2009‒2011) and Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil (1997-2000).
 
Juan Gaitán is a writer and independent curator and was recently appointed curator of the 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art. Gaitán has been a curator at Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam (2009‒2011), and between 2011 and 2012 he was adjunct professor in the Curatorial Practice Program at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
 
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